Bata-kun no Uchi - Game Reviews

This is the deal behind my reviews. The pages of reviews will have a table showing the titles, the synopsis, the score and some notes of the games I have played. Notes are rarely shown. Even if there are notes, I won't say much there. Most of the time, I will either say that it is my first review or that it's a new review.

Each review will be in the layout I will show below.

Title written in Japanese calligraphy - This will give you what the title looks like if it is written in Japanese caligraphy.
Title - The original title name of the game will be shown here and obviously, you'll see me indicate that I am reviewing a series's game. If there are macrons, I'll type the title with them and without them.
Alternative title(s) - Usually, a game would have a second name. In this case, I type them up here.
Genre(s) - The genre or group of genres will be given in this section. Examples include action, fighting, ren'ai and so forth.
Platform(s) - I list the system or group of systems that have the game.
Details - Here, I will give an explanation of the series. I will mention the creator, the year it was created and such.
Scores - I will give scores here. More details will be given shortly.
Summary - I will just give the positives and negatives about the game.
Date of creation - This shows the date I first placed the review up.
Last update - This shows the date I made my last update on the review, if I made one.
Notes - Notes will give out explanations of the word or set of words with an asterisk.

There are six categories shown as I give out scores. Each category will be given a score out of ten. Then, I give out an overall grade. The scale is like the one I use for my anime and manga reviews.

Down below, you will see the set of categories.

Fun - I will talk about many subjects like, how fun the game is as a whole, how interesting are the characters and so forth. This will always be first.
Life - Is the game worth playing again or keeping in the long run as a collectable? A high score means that the game has a lot of value and you will view it over and over again. A low score means that it's a one-time play game, or it's a game you'll put down quickly. This will always be second.
Story - How amazing is the story? If it is based on say an anime or manga, is it sincere to the series? Anime/manga to game shifts are really important to me.
Control - How easy is it to learn the game? If I hit the jump button, will my character jump right away? This is usually in the middle of the review.
Audio - I grade the game's music, seiy, sound effects and the dub, if there is one. If the dub is bad, I will take away points here. I judge real carefully on dubs. You will usually see this towards the end.
Art - This focuses on the presentation of the series. Is the art wonderful? Is there an overuse of shortcuts in the game? Does it look outdated in terms of the year it was created in? I will usually grade this last.
Overall - This is the final score and I give a general view of the game.

Before I forget, I have a page of systems reviews and a page of djinshi games reviews that will be fixed up soon.

Systems - List of systems reviews.

Doujinshi games - List of djinshi games.

Title	Synopsis	Score	Notes
"Area 88"	This is where my "Area 88" experience began.	10/10

Title	Synopsis	Score	Notes
"Breath of Fire"	Capcom brings out their first role playing game and it's not too shabby.	9/10
"Burning Force"	Aside from the lack of little matters, this has been one of the best exams I have taken.	8/10

Title	Synopsis	Score	Notes
"Chrono Trigger"	Time travel in this divine game from Squaresoft and Enix.	10/10
"Contra"	This is the blueprint of all shooters. That's all you need to know.	10/10

Title	Synopsis	Score	Notes
"Final Fantasy VI"	There's no doubt that this Squaresoft classic is one of the best role playing games ever.	10/10
"Final Fight"	I wanted to give one of the first beat up games a higher score. Honest!	7/10

Title	Synopsis	Score	Notes
"Garou: Mark of the Wolves"	This game is a mark of sweetness.	10/10	This is my first game review.
"Guardian Heroes"	We have a terrific game of many genres! How many other games are like that? Not many.	10/10

Title	Synopsis	Score
"The King of Fighters 1994"	Here's Ky's experience of his first ever game.	8/10
"The King of Fighters 1995"	Two destiny warriors down, one to go.	9/10
"The King of Fighters 1996"	Okay! We have all of the destiny warriors, but the evil push has already begun.	10/10
"The King of Fighters 1997"	The Orochi saga comes to an end in this game and it ends on a high note.	10/10
"The King of Fighters 1998"	Even with a few flaws, this is how you make a dream fight.	10/10

Title	Synopsis	Score	Notes
"Magical Pop'n"	It's a kawaii, yet fun platform game.	10/10
"Metal Slug X"	Time to shoot down that mad man again in this upgraded version of II.	10/10
"Metal Slug 3"	It's like X, but with more paths to choose from and it's harder too.	10/10
"Metal Slug 4"	Ugh! Definitely the weakest Metal Slug game of the series.	5/10
"Moero! Justice Gakuen"	There's the same fun gameplay, but with more flaws than ever. At least it still beats school.	8/10
"Money Idol Exchanger"	The first game I ever played that had the word, "Money" in the title.	8/10	This review won the GameFAQs Review of the Week award on June 9, 2002. (I got a $25 gift certificate of the store of my choice.)

Title	Synopsis	Score
"Photo Battle"	This is a photography game from Japan. Spiffy! Too bad I'm not as good as "Justice Gakuen's" Ran though.	6/10
"Power Stone"	This isn't a game about one of Rock's old embraced weapons, but at least Capcom brought forth a decent party game.	8/10
"Power Stone 2"	Not as good as the first one, but it has its moments.	7/10

Title	Synopsis	Score
"Rage of the Dragons"	It may not have fully revived "Double Dragon", but this game is a start.	5/10
"Rockman"	Ah, the first chapter of Rockman is here.	9/10
"Rockman 2"	One of the funnest games of the series, this sure is a memorable one.	10/10
"Rockman 3"	The slide: one of your new best friends of the series.	10/10
"Rockman 4"	The improved Rock Buster: one of your new best friends of the series.	8/10
"Rockman 5"	How Capcom pulled off a future interesting idea within this game is beyond me.	10/10
"Rockman 6"	Yes, it's surprising. This is one of the few games of Rock that didn't click with me.	6/10
"Rockman 7"	This certainly made up for the mediocre farewell.	9/10

Title	Synopsis	Score	Notes
"Samurai Spirits"	Like many fans, this is my first fighting game with swords involved and you bet this game helped the series get off to a great start.	9/10
"Samurai Spirits" - the second game	This is a fan favorite of the series and it shows why.	10/10
"Samurai Spirits" - the third game	Both Ainu sisters are here as fighters for the first time, but while it's okay as a three, it's a questionable game overall.	6/10
"Samurai Spirits" - the fourth game	Get rid of a few flaws, add in new ones, but at least there's Hazuki.	7/10
"Seiken Densetsu 3"	Help three young warriors grab the legendary sword.	9/10
"Shiritsu Justice Gakuen"	It's fun, beautiful and exciting. Too bad school can't always be like this.	10/10
"SNK Gals' Fighters"	Yay! An all-female fighting game! Well, don't jump so high for joy because of what I have to say.	8/10
"SNK vs. Capcom"	The rumor came true and since then, it became the only real versus game between two big names I'll ever need.	10/10
"Street Fighter II"	The game changed the fighting game world forever in a wonderful way.	10/10
"Street Fighter III"	It's the second game with a much better look in terms of visuals that falters in just about every other aspect.	3/10	-New-
"Street Fighter Zero"	Capcom turns back the clock for the "Street Fighter" saga and gives it a nice look.	10/10
"Street Fighter Zero 2"	Aside from being the first game to introduce Sakura, this is the best game of the "Zero" series.	10/10
"Street Fighter Zero 3"	This may be the worst "Zero" game, but it at least gave a farewell of some sort.	8/10
"Super Mario Brothers"	This game revived the game world and we thank Nintendo for this.	10/10
"Super Mario Brothers 2" - The Non-Japanese Version	The Japanese "II" is like the first one. The non-Japanese "II" is "Doki Doki Panic" with the "Mario characters and it has a debate indeed.	8/10
"Super Mario Brothers 3"	This is no doubt one of the best platform games ever.	10/10

Title	Synopsis	Score	Notes
"Tokimeki Memorial"	"Tokimemo" is the godfather of ren'ai games.	10/10

Last update - 1/3/05

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